Tuesday, November 4, 2008
As Americans head to the polls today, one research team has warned that different types of electronic voting machines used throughout the country all have their own vulnerabilities.
Speaking to eweek, Brennan Center researchers explain that almost all pollsters will cast their votes on one of three machines, all of which are vulnerable to some form of attack.
One way voting accuracy may be threatened is through software attacks, which was described as the easiest way to compromise the machines.
Meanwhile, those machines which use wireless technology pose a greater threat, as malicious parties can potentially compromise network security remotely and skew results, the group claimed.
As a result, it called for a ban on the use of all machines which use wireless services.
It also called for solid paper trails to be backed up by well-regulated auditing practices.
Elsewhere, ZDNet has noted that many Americans have become sceptical of the e-voting process since the litigation that followed the 2000 elections.
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